英语专四考试完形填空练习题（2）
<p>英语专四考试完形填空练习题（2）</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="teenage">teenage</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="better">better</span> 1)______ <span word="math">math</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="girls">girls</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span> 2)______ <span word="advanced">advanced</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="courses">courses</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="calculus">calculus</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="virtually">virtually</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="mathematicians">mathematicians</span> 3)______ <span word="men">men</span>. <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="with">with</span> 4)______ <span word="mathematical">mathematical</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>? <span word="Or">Or</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="societys">societys</span> <span word="sexism">sexism</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="progress">progress</span>? <span word="In">In</span> 1980, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="Johns">Johns</span> <span word="Hopkins">Hopkins</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> 5)______ <span word="the">the</span> <span word="eternal">eternal</span> <span word="nature">nature</span>/<span word="nurture">nurture</span> <span word="debate">debate</span>. <span word="Julian">Julian</span> <span word="Stanley">Stanley</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Camilla">Camilla</span> <span word="Benbow">Benbow</span> 6)______ 10,000 <span word="talented">talented</span> <span word="seventh">seventh</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eighth">eighth</span> <span word="graders">graders</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1972 <span word="and">and</span> 1979. <span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Scholastic">Scholastic</span> <span word="Aptitude">Aptitude</span> <span word="Test">Test</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="measure">measure</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> 7)______ <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="differences">differences</span>. 8)______ <span word="the">the</span> <span word="verbal">verbal</span> <span word="abilities">abilities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="males">males</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="females">females</span> 9)______ <span word="differed">differed</span>, <span word="twice">twice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="scored">scored</span> <span word="over">over</span> 500 (<span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="of">of</span> 200 <span word="to">to</span> 800) <span word="on">on</span> <span word="mathematical">mathematical</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>; <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> 700 <span word="level">level</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span> <span word="was">was</span> 14 <span word="to">to</span> 1. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>: <span word="males">males</span> <span word="have">have</span> 10)______ <span word="superior">superior</span> <span word="mathematical">mathematical</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>.</p><p> <span word="Benbow">Benbow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Stanleys">Stanleys</span> <span word="findings">findings</span>, 11)______ <span word="were">were</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Science">Science</span>, <span word="disturbed">disturbed</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="and">and</span> 12)______ <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="math">math</span> 13)______ <span word="not">not</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="domain">domain</span>. <span word="Prof">Prof</span>. <span word="Zalman">Zalman</span> <span word="Usiskin">Usiskin</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> 1,366 <span word="tenth">tenth</span> <span word="graders">graders</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="selected">selected</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="geometry">geometry</span> <span word="classes">classes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solve">solve</span> <span word="geometry">geometry</span> <span word="proofs">proofs</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="requiring">requiring</span> 14)______ <span word="abstract">abstract</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spatial">spatial</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> 15)______ <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Usiskin">Usiskin</span>: <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="differences">differences</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="ability">ability</span>.</p>
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